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as far as i know the 1992-1993 peugeot 905 had 680 hp. but you can never be quite sure of the official statements of the manufacturers - a good example would be the r10, about which audi claim to have about 650 hp, but inside the race environment everybody talks about it as having 700 hp (the most relevant quote on this subject is henri pescarolo's, who declared in 2006 that it's very hard to race a 640 hp petrol car - the pescarolo c60 '06 - against a 700 hp turbodiesel. so we might as well suspect that the 905 had more than 680 hp, especially if we look at those absolutely terrifying lap times of 1992 (3:21).
i think the big difference between the 905 and all other prototypes was in fact the corner speeds, because the trap speed of 351 km/h isn't so much faster than others (for instance, in 1999 Toyota hit 352 km/h and poled at 3:29.930 - an excellent time, but still over 8 seconds slower than the pug, the audi r8c hit 349 km/h, the mercedes clr hit 349 km/h, the bmw v12 lmr hit 342 km/h).
also, in 1993, the peugeot 905 hit 346 km/h as opposed to porsche's 366 km/h, and still peugeot poled at 3:24.940, while the 962's best lap was 3:37.630. so i think it's obvious the pug's acceleration and especially corner speeds were most important.
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